The president elected in 1932 was Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic governor of New York. He defeated the incumbent Republican president, Herbert Hoover, in a landslide victory during the Great Depression. Roosevelt's win marked a significant political realignment, ending decades of Republican dominance and beginning the era of the New Deal coalition under Democratic leadership. Roosevelt received 472 electoral votes and about 57.4% of the popular vote, while Hoover won only six Northeastern states and about 39.6% of the popular vote